Issue 8/2019
Content (36 Articles)
Systematic reviews and meta-analysis in rheumatology: a gentle introduction for clinicians
George A. Kelley, Kristi S. Kelley
Physical therapy in adult inflammatory myopathy patients: a systematic review
Anna Van Thillo, Jean-Baptiste Vulsteke, Dieter Van Assche, Patrick Verschueren, Ellen De Langhe
Rheumatoid arthritis and risk of anxiety: a meta-analysis of cohort studies
Xiao-juan Qiu, Xiu-ling Zhang, Lai-sheng Cai, Chen Yan, Le Yu, Jie Fan, Rong-wei Zhang, Jing-wei Huang, Xin-wang Duan
Hypertension is associated with increased age at the onset of psoriasis and a higher body mass index in psoriatic disease
Rubén Queiro, Andrés Lorenzo, Patricia Tejón, Estefanía Pardo, Pablo Coto
Cardiac and cardiovascular morbidities in patients with psoriatic arthritis: a population-based case control study
Adi Kibari, Arnon D. Cohen, Tal Gazitt, Haim Bitterman, Idit Lavi, Ilan Feldhamer, Guy Shalom, Sari Greenberg-Dotan, Devy Zisman
Burden of comorbidities in South Africans with systemic lupus erythematosus
L. Greenstein, K. Makan, Mohammed Tikly
Evolving patterns of reactive arthritis
Kaitlyn M. Hayes, Reid J. P. Hayes, Matthew A. Turk, Janet E. Pope
PRL -1149T allele (rs1341239) is associated with decreased risk of rheumatoid arthritis in population from southern Mexico: analysis of mRNA expression and PRL serum levels
J. E. Navarro-Zarza, J. F. Muñoz-Valle, C. J. Baños-Hernández, I. Parra-Rojas, Z. Reyes-Castillo, H. Rangel-Villalobos, J. Hernández-Bello
Clinical characteristics of rheumatoid arthritis patients with peripheral neuropathy and potential related risk factors
Yanshan Li, Li Jiang, Zhenchun Zhang, Hong Li, Liangjun Jiang, Lili Wang, Zunzhong Li
Efficacy and safety profile of intravenous tocilizumab versus intravenous abatacept in treating female Saudi Arabian patients with active moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis
Samah Hamdy Elmedany, Aly Elsayed Mohamed, Sahar Mahfouz Abdel Galil
Validation of the Chinese version of joint protection self-efficacy scale in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Wen H. Zhao, Li X. Zhang, Chan X. Liu, Karin Niedermann, Han Z. Yang, Wen Luo
Changing rate of serious infections in biologic-exposed rheumatoid arthritis patients. Data from South American registries BIOBADABRASIL and BIOBADASAR
Roberto Ranza, Maria Celina de la Vega, Ieda Maria Magalhães Laurindo, Marìa Gimena Gómez, David Cezar Titton, Adriana Maria Kakehasi, Alejandro Brigante, Alejandro Benitez, Aline Ranzolin, Amelia Granel, Ana María Cappuccio, Ana Quinteros, André Luiz Shinji Hayata, Andrea Smichowski, Ângela Luzia Branco P. Duarte, Barbara Stadler Kahlow, Carolina Sánchez Andia, Claiton Viegas Brenol, Edson Velozo, Eduardo Mussano, Enrique R. Soriano, Georges Basile Christopoulos, Geraldo da Rocha Castelar Pinheiro, Gláucio Ricardo Werner de Castro, Gustavo Casado, Hellen Mary da Silveira Carvalho, Ida Elena Exeni, Inês Guimarães da Silveira, Ingrid Petkovic, Ivanio Alves Pereira, Izaias Pereira da Costa, Javier Eduardo Rosa, José Roberto Silva Miranda, Julio Cesar Bertacini de Moraes, Manoel Barros Bertolo, Manuel Buhl, Maria Alícia Lázaro, Maria de Fátima Lobato C. da Sauma, Marcelo de Medeiros Pinheiro, Monica Díaz, Mônica Valéria Siqueira Santana de Vechi, Osvaldo Luis Cerda, Pablo Astesana, Pablo Finucci Curi, Paulo Louzada-Jr, Reginaldo Botelho Teodoro, Roberto Acayaba Toledo, Sílvia Papasidero, Valeria Valim, Vander Fernandes, Veronica Saurit, Washington Alves Bianchi, Rogério de Melo Costa Pinto, Miguel Angel Descalzo, Juan Jesus Gomez-Reino
Low-dose cyclosporine for active lupus nephritis: a dose titration approach
Kittiwan Sumethkul, Tasanee Kitumnuaypong, Sungchai Angthararak, Warangkana Pichaiwong
Ankylosing spondylitis is associated with aberrant DNA methylation of IFN regulatory factor 8 gene promoter region
Mengya Chen, Meng Wu, Xingxing Hu, Jiajia Yang, Renfang Han, Yubo Ma, Xu Zhang, Yaping Yuan, Rui Liu, Guangming Jiang, Shengqian Xu, Jianhua Xu, Zongwen Shuai, Faming Pan
The spectrum and clinical significance of myositis-specific autoantibodies in Chinese patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
Shanshan Li, Yongpeng Ge, Hanbo Yang, Tao Wang, Xiaoxiao Zheng, Qinglin Peng, Xin Lu, Guochun Wang
Serum KL-6 is associated with the severity of interstitial lung disease in Chinese patients with polymyositis and dermatomyositis
Chaojun Hu, Chanyuan Wu, Enhao Yang, Hui Huang, Dong Xu, Yong Hou, Jiuliang Zhao, Mengtao Li, Zuojun Xu, Xiaofeng Zeng, Qian Wang
Diffuse pruritic erythema as a clinical manifestation in anti-SAE antibody-associated dermatomyositis: a case report and literature review
Ertao Jia, Jiaxin Wei, Hongling Geng, Xia Qiu, Jingjing Xie, Yuya Xiao, Li Zhong, Min Xiao, Yanying Zhang, Yubao Jiang, Jianyong Zhang
Uncommon presentations in ANCA vasculitis: clinical characteristics and outcomes
Veena S. Katikineni, Sam Kant, Eric J. Gapud, Brendan Antiochos, Rebecca L. Manno, Michael Phillips, Philips Seo, Duvuru Geetha
Value of hematological indices versus VEGF as biomarkers of activity in Behçet’s disease
T. A. Gheita, B. R. Sakr, R. E. Rabea, S. M. Abd ElHamid
Causes of fetal third-degree atrioventricular block and use of hydroxychloroquine in pregnant women with Ro/La antibodies
F. B. Mollerach, M. Scolnik, L. J. Catoggio, J. Rosa, E. R. Soriano
Facilitating patient-centered care: the development of illustrated multidimensional patient-reported outcome measures for children/adolescents with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Yasser El Miedany, M. El Gaafary, H. Lotfy, N. El Aroussy, D. Mekkawy, S. I. Nasef, G. Elderiny, Y. Farag, M. Hassan
Long-term breastfeeding influences disease activity in a low-income juvenile idiopathic arthritis cohort
Francisco Airton Castro Rocha, Joaquim Ivo Vasques Dantas Landim, Mariana Lima Nour, Valdenir Freire Peixoto Filho, Leila Nascimento da Rocha, Marco Felipe Castro da Silva, Hermano Alexandre Lima Rocha
Prognostic factors associated with early gout flare recurrence in patients initiating urate-lowering therapy during an acute gout flare
C. A. Janssen, M. A. H. Oude Voshaar, P. M. ten Klooster, H. E. Vonkeman, M. A. F. J. van de Laar
Composite measures of physical activity and pain associate better with functional assessments than pain alone in knee osteoarthritis
Kelli D. Allen, Grace Lo, Lauren M. Abbate, Theresa A. Floegel, Jennifer H. Lindquist, Cynthia Coffman, Eugene Z. Oddone, Shannon Stark Taylor, Katherine Hall
Patients with early-stage knee osteoarthritis and knee pain have decreased hip abductor muscle strength while descending stairs
Yusuke Suzuki, Hirotaka Iijima, Kanako Shimoura, Tadao Tsuboyama, Tomoki Aoyama
Extractable synovial fluid in inflammatory and non-inflammatory arthritis of the knee
Noelle A. Rolle, Irum Jan, Wilmer L. Sibbitt Jr, Philip A. Band, Luke J. Haseler, William A. Hayward, Maheswari Muruganandam, N. Suzanne Emil, Monthida Fangtham, Arthur D. Bankhurst
Value of serum procalcitonin for the diagnosis of bacterial septic arthritis in daily practice in rheumatology
Mickaël Chouk, Frank Verhoeven, Maxime Sondag, Xavier Guillot, Clément Prati, Daniel Wendling
A misdiagnosed case of antisynthetase syndrome complicated by myocarditis: when the cardiologist deals with rheumatology
Paolo Diego L’Angiocola, Luisa Mattei, Gerardina Lardieri
Letter to the editor: mobile applications for patients with gout in China
Yao Yin, Hong Chen
Comment on “Seasonal variations of Google searches for joint swelling: implications for patient-reported outcomes”
Sinan Kardeş
Response: To statistical significance and beyond
Sizheng Steven Zhao, David M. Hughes
Correction to: Uncommon presentations in ANCA vasculitis: clinical characteristics and outcomes
Veena S. Katikineni, Sam Kant, Eric J. Gapud, Brendan Antiochos, Rebecca L. Manno, Michael Phillips, Philips Seo, Duvuru Geetha
Correction to: Vitamin D receptor expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells is inversely associated with disease activity and inflammation in lupus patients
Jian Sun, Chunyan Liu, Shuang Zhang, Bin Yi, Ming Gui, Wei Zhang, Yan Chun Li, Hao Zhang